Gathered
during years of travel and conversations with cooks, the recipes reflect
intriguing differences and similarities in chicken soups the world over.
And yes, the whole world does love chicken soup; almost all cultures regard
it as a truly nurturing food of fragrant comfort and homey warmth.
Grouped geographically, the recipes range from the classic clear and golden
Jewish soup of Eastern Europe to a creamy rose- colored Shorabit Addas,
or Arabian Red Lentil Soup with Chicken; from hearty New England Chicken
and Corn Chowder to a fiery Chicken Pepper Pot Soup and a lusty Italian
Green Minnestrone with Chicken and Pesto. And the author also includes instructions
for making dumplings, won-tons, noodles of many nations, and appetizing
garnishes.
More than just a cookbook, this wonderful volume offers charming chicken
soup ancedotes from such diverse personalities as Ed Koch, Geoffrey Beene,
Yasir Arafat and Nell Newman, daughter of screen idol Paul Newman, who divulges
her father's chicken soup habits and describes his favorite recipe.